Patton v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Appellant, Cecil Patton, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Atoka County, Case No. CRF-73-100, for the offense of Escape From a State Penitentiary, in violation of 21 O.S.1971, § 443. His punishment was fixed at a term of two (2) years’ imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the trial Robie Battles testified he was employed as Assistant Records Clerk at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary located at McAlester, Oklahoma. According to his records the…